Burned Out

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Chapter 1.

Morning

Sunlight beat the window. A half-drawn curtain refusing to defend the sleeping woman from the morning.

It was another day. Get up. Work. Go to bed. Nothing changes. The rinse and repeat of it all was exhausting… numbing.

Laura was the quintessential former “gifted child” with the promises of future greatness. If she was the smartest and…